spotting
Meaning of spotting
verb
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.
- A spotted pattern.
- The act of spotting or sighting something.
Information about spotting
- The plural form of spotting is: spottings.
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Hyphenation of spotting
spot-ting
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- spotting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
spotting synonyms
Meaning staining:
Meaning detection:
detection, catching, espial, spying
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